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Tournai Elite 2026

Round-RobinStandard

8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 12 Jun 2026 to 15 Jun 2026 in Kain, Belgium. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1726, and top seed was Jonathan Drossart (🇧🇪 BEL, 1856).

Florian Jouvel (🇫🇷 FRA, 1801) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Jonathan Drossart (5.0) and Liam Pitcher (4.5). Jouvel shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Liam Pitcher (1663) beat Michel Canel (1855), a +192-point gap.

Location
🇧🇪Kain, Belgium
Dates
12 Jun 2026 → 15 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇪Jonathan Drossart1856
Avg top 10
1,726
Participants
8
Federations · 2 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×6
🇫🇷France×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 8 · 7 rounds

Florian Jouvel led from R7 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
4
3
2
4
2
2
1
#1#2#4#8R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Jouvel#1Drossart#2Pitcher#3Canel#4Selimov#5Menet#6Skowron#7Taquet#8
R7–R7 · LEAD HELD

Florian Jouvel never relinquished the lead after R7; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Florian Jouvel beat Jonathan Drossart (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Florian Jouvel 5 wins (R3–R7)Jonathan Drossart 3 wins (R1–R3)Liam Pitcher 3 wins (R1–R3)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇫🇷Jouvel, Florian1801*10111116.017.5022.0+34.82024
2🇧🇪Drossart, Jonathan18560*1011115.012.5023.0+4.01865
3🇧🇪Pitcher, Liam166310*10½114.513.2523.5+33.01836
4🇫🇷Canel, Michel1855010*11½14.512.2523.5-6.01809
5🇧🇪Selimov, Ruslan17680010*1114.08.5024.0+1.61769
6🇧🇪Menet, Kevin175400½00*112.53.7525.5-25.21619
7🇧🇪Skowron, Jean-Pol1576000½00*11.52.2526.5-10.01517
8🇧🇪Taquet, Gabin15310000000*0.00.0028.0-64.4953

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets